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The Ancient Parish of AMPLEFORTH
[Transcribed information mainly from the early 1820s]
"AMPLEFORTH, a parish in the wapentakes of Rydale and Birdforth, a part in the liberty of St. Peter's; 4 miles SSW. of Helmsley. The church is dedicated to St. Hilda (see Churches for photograph). The living is a vicarage, in the patronage of the Prebendary of York cathedral, incumbent the Rev. Anthony Germaine. Population in the parish of Ampleforth, wapentake of Birdforth, 192; in the wapentake of Rydale, 214; -total, 406." [Description(s) edited mainly from various 19th century sources by Colin Hinson. ©2010]
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- Here are photographs of Churches etc. in the parish:
- St. Hilda's Church, Ampleforth, from near the Church Gates.
- Internal view looking down the nave
- The font
- St. Hilda's Church, Ampleforth, from the road.
- The Roman Catholic Church of Our Lady and St Benedict, Ampleforth.
- Ampleforth Abbey, Ampleforth.
- The former Wesleyan Methodist Chapel, Ampleforth.
- St. Hilda's Church, Ampleforth, from near the Church Gates.
- Transcript of the entry for Ampleforth in the "Collections relative to Churches and Chapels".
- The whereabouts and dates of the Registers etc. for the Parish of Ampleforth.
- The List of Vicars in St. Hilda's Church, Ampleforth.
- Ampleforth web-site
- Transcript of the entry of "professions and trades" in the Baines's Directory of 1823, of the North Riding.
- Transcript of the entry of "professions and trades" in the White's Directory of 1840, Yorkshire section.
- Transcript of the entry of "professions and trades" in the Bulmers Directory of 1890. of the North Riding.
- There is further information about this parish from the Pigot's 1829 Directory, Yorkshire section.
- There is further information about this parish from the Pigot's 1834 Directory, Yorkshire section.
- There is further information about this parish from the National Gazetteer 1868, Yorkshire extracts.
- There is further information about this parish from the Lewis's Topographical Dictionary of England 1835, Yorkshire extracts.
- There is further information about this parish from the Bulmer's 1890 History and Directory of the North Riding.
- Ask for a calculation of the distance from Ampleforth to another place.
- For a detailed map of this parish see this parish boundaries map.
- For a more detailed map of the parishes in the riding please see the Yorkshire parish maps page.
- For a more detailed map of the county please see the Yorkshire map page.
- Here is a map showing the wapentakes for the county.
You can see maps centred on OS grid reference SE584785 (Lat/Lon: 54.198938, -1.10631), Ampleforth which are provided by:
- OpenStreetMap
- Google Maps
- StreetMap (Current Ordnance Survey maps)
- Bing (was Multimap)
- Old Maps Online
- National Library of Scotland (Old Ordnance Survey maps)
- Vision of Britain (Click "Historical units & statistics" for administrative areas.)
- English Jurisdictions in 1851 (Unfortunately the LDS have removed the facility to enable us to specify a starting location, you will need to search yourself on their map.)
- Magic (Geographic information) (Click + on map if it doesn't show)
- GeoHack (Links to on-line maps and location specific services.)
- All places within the same township/parish shown on an Openstreetmap map.
- Nearby townships/parishes shown on an Openstreetmap map.
- Nearby places shown on an Openstreetmap map.
- The Memorial Plaque in St. Hilda's Church, Ampleforth.
- This parish is covered (or partly covered) by the following Societies: